SOLUTION: This one has me floored and there are no other similar problems to compare it to. I bet it is REALLY simple, but I cannot figure out how to start it. Please help, and thank you!

Question 39347This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: This one has me floored and there are no other similar problems to compare it to. I bet it is REALLY simple, but I cannot figure out how to start it. Please help, and thank you!
PROBLEM:
The cost for a long distance telephone call is $0.36 for the first minute, and .21 for each addtional minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $3.00.

This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.36+.21x=3.00 or .21x=264 or x=264/21 or x=12.57 min therefore you can call for 12 minutes
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